Yeah, it might be more realistic to add trade that pick plus give him a Jake Long type extension - yes or no.

I honestly don't care about national media criticism because they are proving to be boneheads anyway. Give him a deal you can get out of in 2 years and draft some depth. This offense could be on the cusp of something very good so why risk it with iffy blind side protection.

If one of the top 3 is available for us at 12 then that changes everything. But conventional wisdom says that they aren't getting to us, so I say do the deal and give him a contract that's a compromise on both sides. A little less than his optimum, a little more than ours.